In this era of social media, the Dunbar Number has been the subject of considerable debate. For those of you who don’t run in evolutionary anthropology circles, the Dunbar Number is a concept created by Robin Dunbar, the director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University. Dunbar’s theory is that there are only so many meaningful relationships we can manage — the approximate number is 150. “Meaningful” in Dunbar’s parlance is defined as having a relationship that involves trust and obligation.
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Posted by: Christopher J. Bucholtz March 1, 2012 05:00 AMIn this era of social media, the Dunbar Number has been the subject of considerable debate. For those of you who don’t run in evolutionary anthropology circles, the Dunbar Number is a concept created by Robin Dunbar, the director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford University. Dunbar’s theory is that there are only so many meaningful relationships we can manage — the approximate number is 150. “Meaningful” in Dunbar’s parlance is defined as having a relationship that involves trust and obligation.